Application for Membership

Application for Membership

If your agency is interested in being considered for a free AKC bloodhound, or you want to join the Jimmy Ryce Center Bloodhound Network with your present bloodhound, please download and fill out the application or simply fill it out and submit it below.

Online Application

Please fill out the following online application completely. When finished, please enter the security code and click submit. If there were no errors, we will receive your information and be in touch with you and your department soon.

If you are human, leave this field blank.

The Bloodhound Commitment

Does your agency already have an AKC bloodhound?

Yes

No

Are you willing for you and your bloodhound to join the Jimmy Ryce Bloodhound Network?

Yes

No

If the Jimmy Ryce Center gives the agency an AKC bloodhound, will your department agree to call in the dog immediately, whether or not you are on or off duty when a child goes missing?

Yes

No

Commitment to Train Bloodhound to Scent Discriminate and Trail

Will your agency assign an officer, as the dog’s handler, to train the bloodhound to scent, discriminate and trail?

Yes

No

Will the handler be allowed to attend a school taught by a certified instructor until the bloodhound can successfully trail a particular human scent for at least a mile on a 1.2-hours-old trail?

Yes

No

(The JRC Interprets current through participation in certain continuing training credits required to keep themselves current through participation in certain field courses in scent discrimination and trailing training.)

Accessibility

Which nearby cities, and counties, would you be willing to bring your bloodhound to help find a missing child? (Separate by comma):

What contact number do you want posted at the JimmyRyce.org web site for departments to call to ask for your help in finding a missing child?

Is this a number where you can be reached 24/7?

Yes

No

Please list other ways we can contact you when necessary:

Committment to keep records necessary to establish your bloodhound's reliability in court and to other departments

Are you willing to keep records describing practice and actual case trailing?

Yes

No

Are you willing to keep qualification awards and courses taken?

Yes

No

Availability to serve as a trainer

Do you have any experience in trailing with, scent-discriminating dogs?

Much Experience

Some Experience

Little Experience

Based on your experience level, please describe the extent of your training:

Have you ever trained other bloodhound handlers and their bloodhound trails?

Yes

No

Where and what date?

Would you be willing to serve as a certified trainer for your region?

Yes

No

Would you need to be paid more than your travel expenses for training a group of handlers/bloodhound teams at a meet in your state?

Yes

No

Acceptability for participation in bloodhound search for a missing child

Contact Information

Your Full Name
*

Your Rank

Your Email Address
*

Cell Phone Number

Direct Phone Number

Fax Number

Address

Department Information

Department Name

Chief or Sheriff's Name

Chief or Sheriff's Phone Number

Chief or Sheriff's Email

Already have a Bloodhound?

Dog's Name

Dog's Sex

Male

Female

Dog's Color

Breeder's Name

Was your dog from the Jimmy Ryce Center?

Yes

No

Date the JRC gave the dog to the department

Date

Today's Date

Sign your name as proof of signature that all information above is correct

Did You Know?

A bloodhound has 60 times the scent power of a German Shepherd and is the only dog that can follow a human trail more than a few hours old. A bloodhound is your best single bet for bringing a child, abducted by a predator, home, alive.